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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Ulidiinae » Lipsanini » Chaetopsis » Chaetopsis massyla

Species Chaetopsis massyla

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Print References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Ulidiinae
Tribe Lipsanini
Genus Chaetopsis
Species massyla (Chaetopsis massyla)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chaetopsis fulvifrons may be a color variant of C. massyla. Steyskal considered the two species synonyms, but never published his opinion.
Identification
Two apical wing bands broadly joined along wing margin, first band nearly complete, legs dark, inhabitant of fresh water wetlands.
Food
"Larvae of all three instars were found in nature feeding as secondary invaders in decomposing tissues of cattail stems that had been damaged by moth larvae belonging to the family Noctuidae." (Allen and Foote 1992) Also associated with Carex.
Print References
Allen, E. J., and Foote, B. A. 1992. Biology and immature stages of Chaetopsis massyla (Diptera: Otitidae), a secondary invader of herbaceous stems of wetland monocots. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 94:320-328.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 26 March, 2011 - 6:23pm
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 8:37pm

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